Albert Frick
Frick in 2023
President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
Assumed office
March 2013
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
Preceded byArthur Brunhart
Personal details
Born (1948-10-21) 21 October 1948 (age 75)
Schaan, Liechtenstein
Political partyProgressive Citizens' Party
Spouse
Elisabeth Schwab
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(m. 1971; died 2009)​
Cornelia Lang
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(m. 2022)​
Children3

Albert Frick (born 21 October 1948) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2013.

Career

From 1972 to 1991 Frick was a sport teacher in various schools throughout Liechtenstein, including the state school in Vaduz.[1] He was a member of the chef de mission of the Liechtenstein Olympic Committee at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 summer Olympics.[2]

From 1991 to 2011 he was a member of the member of the Schaan municipal council and from 2003 to 2007 deputy head.[1]

Frick (left) with Ilham Aliyev in 2015

Frick was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 2009.[3] He is a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party.[4] Since March 2013, he is the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.[5] On 9 October 2023 Frick announced that he will not be running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.[6]

He has been the head of the Liechtenstein delegation at the International Parliamentary Union since 2021.[1]

Personal life

Frick married Elisabeth Schwab (24 July 1947 – 3 October 2009) on 9 October 1971 and they had three children together.[1] He remarried on 2 July 2022 to Cornelia Lang, head of financial control in Liechtenstein.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Editorial (2 October 2022). "Frick, Albert". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Liechtenstein an den Olympischen Spielen". Liechtenstein Olympic Committee (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Ergebnisse Landtagswahlen 2009". FÜRSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN LANDTAGSWAHLEN (in German). 8 February 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Albert Frick". Landtag of Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Mitglieder - Präsidenten". March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
  6. ^ "Landtagspräsident tritt nicht mehr an". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  7. ^ Quaderer, Elias (4 July 2022). "Wenn der Landtagspräsident die Leiterin der Finanzkontrolle heiratet". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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